NewsBusters Podcast: J.D. Vance Confounds CBS with Civil Discourse

October 2nd, 2024 10:56 PM

The CBS veep debate wasn't bad as ABC, but the moderators quickly broke their own promise not to "fact check" the candidates (meaning the Republicans). After weeks of portraying Vance as a woman-hating, immigrant-baiting monster, Vance confounded CBS and other outlets by sticking to civil discourse and hitting soft notes for swing voters.

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Mark Halperin: 'Vance Runaway Winner,' 'Total Mismatch,' a 'Drubbing'

October 2nd, 2024 10:37 PM

On his post-debate 2Way, Mark Halperin declares JD Vance the "runaway winner" of the VP debate, describing it as a "total mismatch" and "overall drubbing." Halperin also criticizes the pro-Walz bias of the CBS moderators, Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan.

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CBS Turns to Pompous Dickerson to Push Dems, Warn of MAGA Violence

October 2nd, 2024 8:04 PM

Wednesday’s CBS Mornings predictably had robust coverage of the vice presidential debate it hosted between Republican Senator JD Vance and Democratic Governor Tim Walz (MN), but it was often colored by the condescending, elitist, and partisan analysis by chief political analyst John Dickerson, who predicted “fuel is out there” in the form of desire for “violence” by Trump supporters…

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ABC Dehumanizes Vance, Claims ‘J.D.’ Stands for 'Juvenile Delinquent'

October 2nd, 2024 5:03 PM

ABC News program The View was on the war path against Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance (OH) the Wednesday morning following his debate with Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), where many analysts say Vance won. The liberal ladies engaged in dehumanizing attacks on Vance by calling him a “that,” “sociopathic,” and either refusing to say his name or suggesting his initials…

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Media Take a Cue from Dems, Begin Whining About How ‘Slick’ Vance Is

October 2nd, 2024 3:33 PM

When “slick” is the best pejorative Democrats and the media can come up with for you, you know you’ve had a good debate.

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Daily Show: GOP Guts Women's Rights, Latinos For Trump Betray Latinos

October 2nd, 2024 3:08 PM

Michael Kosta had the distinction of being in the anchor seat for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. Kosta claimed that the debate proves that Republicans only favor diversity when it comes to whether “women should have rights,” while MSNBC’s Paola Ramos continued her book tour and implied that Latinos who support…

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Kimmel Tries To Label Vance 'Weird,' Whitmer Talks Period Empowerment

October 2nd, 2024 1:35 PM

After Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel desperately tried to portray JD Vance as the weird one and Tim Walz as the “normal” one, to the point where he brought back the couch sex jokes and had a skit of Joel Osment as Vance incompetently making his way through a donut shop. However, later in the program, he welcomed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who used Kimmel’s platform…

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ABC Hacks Declare J6, Abortion Top Issues From VP Debate to Save Walz

October 2nd, 2024 12:44 PM

ABC’s Good Morning America upheld its distinction Wednesday as the worst of the liberal broadcast network as they framed Tuesday’s lone vice presidential debate through the lens of the liberal media’s pet issues — abortion and January 6 — and arguing the election’s “really not...about policy” or pesky concerns Americans have about their livelihoods. Rather, it’s about stopping…

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PBS's Barron-Lopez Hails Vance Fact-Check, Blames Him for Bomb Threats

October 2nd, 2024 11:31 AM

PBS’s vice presidential debate favoritism began beforehand, in a political roundtable on Tuesday evening’s PBS News Hour in which White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez rolled out a list of Harris-Walz talking points. Predictably, Barron-Lopez embraced pro-Democratic “fact-checking” by CBS and defended the partisan "fact-checking" at last month’s ABC presidential debate.

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Colbert Hypes Walz's Fake News While Longing For More Fact-Checking

October 2nd, 2024 10:00 AM

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was not a fan of his CBS colleagues’ decision to refrain from fact-checking during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. However, his concerns were one-sided because he implicitly approved of Tim Walz not being fact-checked about his claim that a Donald Trump victory means pregnant women will have to register with the federal government. Later, when…

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Column: Rachel Maddow Smears J.D. Vance as a Fascist Speech-Squasher

October 2nd, 2024 6:01 AM

On the cusp of the vice-presidential debate, Maddow naturally sought to connect Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) to a series of antisemitic and fascist revolutionaries who wanted the universities destroyed in the 1930s and 1940s because they spread “communistic” ideas.

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Abby Phillip Admits Vance Landed Shots, Questions Walz’s Preparation

October 2nd, 2024 4:01 AM

Under the harsh glare of Regime Media scrutiny, the consensus seems to be that Minnesota Governor and Democrat presidential nominee Tim Walz was either under or overprepared, and was hurt by the Harris campaign’s decision to keep him away from interviews.

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‘Lonely Scott’ Mentions Babies Left to Die in MN, CNN Panel LOSES IT

October 2nd, 2024 3:12 AM

CNN’ post-debate panel blew up at Bush White House alum Scott Jennings, when he mentioned that under Tim Walz, born-alive survivors of botched abortions were left to die. Their reaction to Jennings’ data was equal parts rage and mockery. But they were unable to refute him. 

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PREDICTABLE: MSNBC Calls Debate for Walz, Praises Moderators

October 2nd, 2024 1:42 AM

The easiest prediction to make in light of the last couple of days of Regime Media expectation setting and Harris talking point-echoing was that, after proclaiming Minnesota Governor and Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz would virtually soil himself on the debate stage, they’d turn around and proclaim him the winner.